Yurt - so far

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loz.

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Jez !! Gooseberries in Scotland are huge !!!!!
 

Eric_Methven

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Some little folding shelves would look good around the walls John, to keep odds and ends off the floor. A simple oblong of plywood with two long strings on one side and two short strings on the other. Tie the short strings to the khana wall where you want the shelf, and tie the longer strings a foot or so above, so the shelf juts out at right angles to the wall. Some pine quadrant glued round the edge will stop stuff rolling off, and it'll pack away to nowt.

Eric
 

JohnC

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The shelf idea is one we're having a go at as well as the bags, we'll see what works best, I quite like the idea of some where where I can place something and still see it, rather than rummaging in a bag, so we might do both.
The rain test has been ok so far, so its been dismantled for fitting some loops and reinforcing patches at any stress points we found. With 2 of us it took less than 20 minutes to take apart and store/fold, packig onto a car/trailer would take a bit longer I guess.
 

JohnC

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....Some little folding shelves would look good around the walls John, to keep odds and ends off the floor. A simple oblong of plywood with two long strings on one side and two short strings on the other.....
Eric

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I made up these this weekend, I curved them slightly, thundering rain for most of this weekend, so we didnt do much yurt stuff, but I had a go at heat treating a knife I'm making

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starting the fire, theres a foot pump out of shot that adds a bit of air...

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heating in up, it got to non magnetic, but ran out of hands, and assistant nowhere near...

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cooling in oil,

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cleaned a bit, file skipped over it so it should be ready for putting in the oven...


Working on the handle next...
 

JohnC

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We were at a church event at St andrews all last week and took the yurt along...
It took about the same time as a regular tent to put up, perhaps a bit faster,

we borrowed a trailer to take some of the load, I think if we'd stuffed the car it might not have been required, but it made life easier...
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Inside there was so much space, it is only 13' across but eveyone commented that it seemed more...

The shelves Eric suggested worked well
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all the bedding and matresses were bungeed to the walls during the day, and there was enough room at night for 4 to sleep easily, we had 5 one night with no problem..

Wide angle makes it look bigger.;)
We cooked inside, no problems with ventilation, plenty of storage,

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The oil lamp was enough to light the yurt, we had a maplin solar led strip as well..
It wasnt any warmer than a standard tent, but we didnt make any effort to heat it... during the day the wheel cover in the centre came off and let a good air through...

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JohnC

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Thanks for the comments, we had quite a few people asking about it. Some were very interested in it as a future project, one guy is planning to make one as a ?summerhouse.
 

spamel

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Well, you've done a grand job of it and you should be proud of your handy work. I take it it will now be a case of tinkering and adding bits and bobs until you get the setup you want for comfy living? It's late so it will have to wait till tomorrow, but I might have to give this thread another read from the start, the process looked very interesting as I recall. Do you think garden canes would be strong and flexible enough for the walls/lattice work?
 

Eric_Methven

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Do you think garden canes would be strong and flexible enough for the walls/lattice work?

Garden canes will probably not be strong enough. Consider that you have to drill multiple holes to lace the pieces together to get the lattice. Those holes in garden cane will make them very weak. It'd be better (and cheaper) to buy lengths of roofing lath and cut them to size. They come as rough sawn and unfinished, but that'll add to the rustic charm. If you do go down the lath route, and the ones you get are very splintery, you can smooth them off a good bit with a blowlamp and a wire brush. That'll take all the splinters off and leave them looking even better for a project like this.

Eric
 

fred gordon

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I'm not often lost for words, but I'm lost for words! It looks superb abd it looks like the family are really enjoying it:D

And the next project is?:)
 

lollywilli

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wow, could i make one, is it a lot cheaper to make than buy? excuse my ignorance after googling eco living is when i found out what a yurt was, and that was 2 weeks ago, and i know that living in one is the missing link of my life, im looking at things to go in one even though i havent yet got one, would you need to possess certain skills do do what you are making, my oh is quite a handy man but he is nicked named Frank Spencer !! x
 

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